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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

WHEN the Police Commissioners come
10 consider the Gaze Of Officer Stephens,
they will scarcely need anything more
than the recent record OF Squire Arkle'a
Office. a man who does what Stephens
was fined for doing ia not fit to be clothed
with the authority Of police officer.
There are too many good men to be had.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
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Poison In tho Well.

READING, Pa, July 29.-Amos Geigley
and his seven children, residing at Terre
Hill, Lancaster county, we're this morning
taken suddenly i'll, vomiting and showing
other symptoms Of poisoning. Tonight
all are said to be in critical condition
It is thought that some malicious person
threw poison Into the we'll, and the water
will be analysed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

TICKLE fortune dogs tho steps Of the base
ball player. To-day the idol of the popu.
lace and the pride of the Directors. To.
morrow hooted by the crowd and "re.
leased" by the management. Uneasy Lies
the head that weaIs mask.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

RALEIGH, N. O., July 2o.-At very
large meeting Of citizens held here to.
night resolutions were passed cordially
and earnestly inviting President Oleye-
land to visit this city during the State fair
in October, 81
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

CnrcAao, Jnly ga Tines Macon
City, Iowa, special says: About 5 o'clock
this afternoon very heavy wind storm
swept over this section. Several buildings
were lnroofed, and barns and dwellings
we're blown down. Tho extent of the
damage done could not be learned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

TOBACCO ID jumping, but il it has the
luck which has attended everything else
that haa been doomed skyward this year,
it will before long come down like q
,l;o;, -T.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
MIR. VAN MATnE DENNIS
All knowledge Of tho Watch nintter-lI
Is Not n Political Aspirnnt.

All knowledge Of tho Watch Niatter-tIs
Is Not n Political Aspirnnt.
Special Dipdieh TO he Inielli0nntr.
WASHINGTON, D. o., July 29.-Mr. W,
@. Van Matre, Of Jackson county, w. Va,
feels much offended over the dispatch re.
Gently published in the lNrRLLIoEscKn
and other papers, in which 1t was stated
that no inatigated the movement on foot
In the Government Printing Office to pre-.
sent him with watch, thereby violating
the rules Of the office and mourning tho
censure Of the Public Printer. He desires
1t stated that the story, 10 far as It refers
to his action III the matter, Is false, and
that he Is not candidate for Congress In
the Fourth district, as reported. In ali
other respects tho story was true. The
lETELLidEScEl correspondent based bis
dispatch on information received from
some OF Mr.. Van Matre's associates In the
Office. 5Hs a s7lI.l7 -, r II
District Assembly No. 1902 recently
adopted q resolution denounclng the re-.
ports concerning MI. Van Metre, and com.
mending him as ian honorable and up.
right citizen and q jealous defender Of the
cause Of labor" ,5-1.-,..
No reflection upon Van Metres record
sa representative Of labor was intended,
nor was any published. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

Tue air brake that does not work is q
deiusion. There in, We believe, an air
brake that always works, and that is the
brake with which all trains should be
uunnItnI g.H f'f 800 &
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

TIE Charleston Star wants ua all 10
Compromise" on Kenna for Vice Presi-
dent. Isn't Kenna too smattto be weighed
down by the head Of the ticket? When
no runs no likes to win. 5sG=e.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
A Hundred and Ten in tho Shade,

NEBRASKA, NEs., July ga P. NJ. to.
day the thermometer registered ITO, with
scorching hot winds from the south. a
number Of persons were overcome BY
the heat but mono fatally. !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

TIE anti.Uamden Democrats showed up
strong in the State Bar Association yester-
day. Ia the other side going to permit
itself to be done to death in this way?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
Cta GtkdtiqetI6er
Ie,I No,. 10 mud ~ Fourteenth street.

rtMOAs acrin0 ne ely for The Eoson, aud ,ual.
-, iprtlT,. onn have he DAIiy lS1EIIIGEScER
.',l,d 10 iA,u, pOstpaid, iOr % eeHh PR month The
LII, bsing ehanGCf ~ Ohst "a d,'irtd, I.s7Ef
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

If General Boulangsr wants to fight, he
should contain himself. The hated Ger
mans may give him chance to show his
me.,le on grandsr scale than in the duel.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

A PHILADELPHIA artist has been caught
putting chrome yellow in his noodles. II
the primitive noodle is no longer safe,
whittier shall We turnP
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

IT may BIZ that the President will take
/. into his head to drop in on us while he
Is swinging around the circle. Might try
no. luck with US, Mr.. President.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

g The terrible story OF the burning tene-
menl in Chicago, points its own moral.
Too much drink led to all that death and
misery. 1851 49,.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

THIS has bOen wosk Soi railroad disas-
ters. Passengers have escaped miracu.
lousy, but trainmen and railroad laborers
have caught It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

INDlANAroLls, July 20.-The tally sheet
cases went to the Jury this afternoon. II
is expected that the accused will be con.
yicted, n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

The Canadians needn't try to defame
our Yankee fishermen by calling them
poschers. The immortal Shakespeare
used to do It. Az
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

Ar tho present rate stoges will coon DO
ceiling for two cents apiece. Then what
viii DO let 10 1.-Two for? = 5,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

say why his wiio wanted her mother to
change the money for tho men who rented
the lot when he offered to make tho
change. This closed Bakers cross. exsmi.
nation and tho morning session Of court
Bdiourned. rl4tIg. al7IT7r'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

THERE will begrCat reform among Ohio
Dsmocrstu this year. They will not lay
xsyers on the success OF their party.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

impart delightful GOODNESS and fragrance
to the basin and bath. Colgate ( %. g
are the standard, Il siiFS 81 Z.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

0SE beauty about the Toledo Conven.
lion is, that It pleased nll Republicans,
md nobody Ia hurt. ,5'5
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

Op,AnyG that tho Big Reunion goes
booming on. Il
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30

Da, G. ". ATKINSON will accept our
hearty Fluctuations. Palmam QI mruil
- #.ta .l.s.. .a7.. 2.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
THE PRESIDENTS MOVEMENTS,
En1o, ing the Potomac Broe.u. at oakvle,

En1 oy ing the Potomac Brcezus at Onkvi ew,
Ills Proposed Western Trip.
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 29.-For the
fret time during the present week there
was no business at the White House to.
day, which made it necessary for the
President to come into the city. There.
fore. he spent 1.-THE whole day at his coun.
try homo, Oakview, where the tempera.
turs is Haid to be at least TO- lower than at
the White; House, and where no is
able to endure the present heated spell
with decidedly more comfort than is pos.
sible at his official residence. The Presi.
dent will remain at Oakview pretty much
all the time, until he leaves the capital
for his Southern and Western trip in
October.
kilograms were received at the White
House to-day saying that committee OF
citizens of st. Paul and Minneapolis had
been appointed to proceed to Washington
to invite the Preaident to visit those cities
on his western trip. They will be sub.
mitted to the President this evening,
and it is more than probable that he will
request that the committees abandon
their proposed trip to Washington, and
that, instead, the invitations be mailed to
him. 1t is, however, regarded as settled
that the cities named will be included in
his Western trip. Ill
American Fishermen and the Canadians.
NEW York, July ga Halifax special
says: Reports Of wholesale poaching by
Americans como from Prince Edwards
Island. These reports are published in
the news columns OF the Dominion Gov
ernment's organs on the island, and in the
same Issues these papers editorially de-.
clare that the coast Is thoroughly pro-
tected. The Examiner publishes letter
from North Lake which declares that 100
sail Of American vessels have been fishing
inside the limits at that place. The cor.
respondent says: ION Friday morning an
American schooner hove her seine within
Two miles of shore, and succeeded in TAX
ing 12 barrels. A number OF shore
fishermen rowed alongside and took the
vessels name. No sooner were the stolen
fan on deck than the Grille could Just be
distinguished in the distance. The
American, however, had been on the
watch, for she Immediately SGT sail and
ran before the wind until Satisfied that
the cutter was not in pursuit. Four
cruisers among 240 American seiners are
ridiculous farce. The cutter drives an
American outside the limit, and as soon
as the cruiaer gets around the corner the
American is in prohibited water sgaln.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
A THRILLING RECITAL.


The story Of the attempted rescue Of
Mrs. Trudeau and her babe, as described
in later accounts, is one OF peculiar horror
and pathos. The police and f,emen had
rescued her husband and four eldest chill.
dron, but phe was in some manner, readily
aacribsbls 10 the confusion Of the moment,
neglected. Left with her two.year-old
baby, the poor woman fesorted to the
window. A fireman saw her, and plung.
ing back through the smoke returned to
her chamber. Escape frousthe resr with
such burden as a woman and child wss
i'm possible. He thought OF tho bed cord,
and tearing it out bound tho woman and
her baby with it and pushed them through
the window. He played out the rope un-
til from heat and smoke he was ready 10
fall to the floor. when he fastened the up.
per end to the bed.post and fled. -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
.L1oUoR PROBABLY THE CAUSE.

The two men, Chris Essen and Charles
Ausbrecker, arrested by Officer o. Council,
are held for criminal careleasness. The
portable stove upon which Ausbecker WA
heating kettle OF lard for cooking dough-
nuts, was located in the midst Of wood
WORK, apd whom he dozsd and the kettle
boiled over no effort WIS made by either
men to .avo tbs people upstairs. The
police say the pair had become drowsy
rom drink, and instead Of wstching the
atoye fell into a stupor from which they
only awakened when they and tho tenants
sboye were az the mercy Of the flames.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

Far from accomplishing his gallant pur.
pose he had but too surely comprised the
destruction Of those he sought to save
His rope was too short and instesd Of
dropping the woman and child to the
ground or within reach OF those below, he
had Suspended them in front fvst.story
window from which fire poured 81 from q
furnace door. They swung there with.
ing and ehrsiking and otrugcling as the
FIRE swept of her garments, choked and
actually broilsd alive the baby in her
arms. BY most singular fatality, the
q smes which were Destroying her left the
rope intact. 1t became necessity, If not
to save the woman, to at least remove tue
revolving sight. So
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
TnEIR HOMES BVRNED.

A Hundred and Fifty People Homeless IN
ID Clncinnatl-Sir Asres Burned.
CtNcISNATI, o., July 29.-About half
past 4 this afternoon fire broke ont in an
old dairy stable on the north sids Of Gsst
street, near Harriet. This quarter was
covered With an old distillory, stable aud
little frame ahantes, and was known as
"Slop Town" In six screa OF ground
covered by this village were five
brick buildings, one OF which
was used US grocery. All the other
building were tenements or dwellings, one
and two stories high, and old, halt delapi-
dated distiilery stables. Nearly all the
houses were owned by thoir occupants.
In the stables were seventy.iive or eighty
cows, The Ere swept Stop Town com:
stately ont OF existence and left nothing OF
| e but red hot smoking ruins. Twenty.
f;ve buildings, exclusive Of stables, were
destroyed in that sres OF six acres. :,
FIFTY COWS belonging 70 mors than
dozen persons were burned up In tEe
:, >dles. No one sSyed any household
S Scod. Strange to tell, Nc life was Lost
S E;sa Ga ,an we're Frustrated with the
hast t nse' Il thossht, dangerously. The
total total i Ioss nv the ,s,s. which swept oyel
S.at tvss s,ac e over insd out by fire
In Cincinnati is : not over Sloo wy. a !, !!
turned out $50 people, who mu.sS LIZ ~.
shelter tonight In houses other than the..
own. There Is scarcely any insurance 10
cover tho less. ~ ~ s,6! = "a, 80 =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
A NOBLE FIREMAN.

This duty was assigned by Capt. W. Fl,
CoHan, who might have ordered another
man to the task, but who chose to chance
the fate which be was told by the horrifed
spectators awaited his effort. Selling g
ladder he threw 1t. up to the blszing win.
dow and, with an axe, mounted and stood
on its blazing rung. :. He deliberately en-.
tered the burning flames, and ss they en-.
circled him from helmet to boots, he
struck at the rope. He could not ses and
struck with inaccurate aim, once, twice.
Els clothing fell from him; he struck in
vain. 1t the third stroke the blade cut
the rope. simultaneously, the burning
ladder broke, and the three blazing hui
man beings fell to the ground, The baby
WAS already dead, the mother died few
hours later, and the captain. lies at his
homo in what 10 thought to BIO his death
agonies.
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LITERALLY ROASTED
y a TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE.
Tho Horrible. Details OF IA Holocaust In Chi.
oago :. Five Families Burnsd-- Women
and Children Perish Ia the Flames.
a Heroic Fireman Injured,

CHICAGO, July 20.-About 2:40 o'cloci
this morning a lro broke out in the baker.
OF Chris. Esgen, SlG5 Archer avenue, ant
was attended with terrible results. z.
The building was three storios high
The frat floor was used as the bake.shoT
and the upper floors were occupied Al
tsnements. There were GYo families Ii
the building and all were killed or in
jured.
MANY TRuDEAU, 2 years old, was burned
to death In her mothers arms coming
down the rope. E
Mis-. MARY TRuDgAU was fatally burned
and died about o'clock. v
MIS-. MARY BLAKE was badly burned
and fell from sGcond-gtory window.
NELSON TRuDRAu jumped from third.
story window and was hurt informally.
Mn. BoNNAu was fatally burned. ~
ANNIE BoSNAU was seriouBly hurt.
Miss ANNIE BRAULD was sufiocated, but
will recover. TNf
JouS PHILLIPS was fatally suGocated.
Seven children Of the Blakeand Trudeau
families were badly sulIocatGd, but may
recover. n.
A Swies family named Hebeland, con.
sisting Of husband, vito and tso children,
were scorched, but not seriously hurt.
CAUSE OF TIE FIRE. ",
Chris Essen, the owner Of the bakery,
and Charles Ausbscker, an employe, did
not answer the questions OF the police
satisfactorily and were locked up at the
Deering Street Station. The fire was
cauaed by the upsettipg Of kettle Of lard.
The loas Is $4,000. @
Nelson Trudesu was removed to the
hospital in dying condition, about the
time bis vile breathed her last. Their in.
jured children are: Nelson, Jr., aged y
Eliza, IS; Della, 0, and Joseph, 10. The
children Of Mrs. Blake, who are uncon.
scious nre: Dick, Tommy aud Frank.
They were choked, but are recovering.
Captain William Il. Cowan, Of Truck
No. S, WAS terribly injured while trying to
rescue Mrs. Trudesu and her child, who
were suspended between two windows
from which flames we're bursting. The
rope with which they we're being lowered
had proved loo abort. When Cowsn sue
ceeded in cutting it all fell to the ground
together. The baby was already burned
to death and the mother fatally ucorched,
while it is not expected that Cowan will
recover.
A young girl named Annie Drew, aged
IS, who boarded with the Trudeau family,
was carried down stsirs by the fremen.
She is badly injured but will recover.
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--H.. #-sa III ohAuEL uhLbTOS. TraI...5
Unusual excitement was maniies. in the
audience when Samuel Ra!ston's name
was called rs q witness, but before be WAS
put on the stand recess was taken, and
the prisoner in company with the eherifi
went out to obtain some fresh air.
Gardner was recalled after recsas. He
said: Our dinner WAS twenty minutes be-
fore IL. FL; =. -. -
Did you say before the coroner's
Jury that at the time you cav Baker and
vile and Mrs. McWha in the orchard 1t
was from . to hall past o'clockP M
Objected to by the State; objection sue.
tanned. sa l'51E ~
Samuel Rslston was then examined.
He said: l live in Hancock county; am
62 years ODD have reaided here 6fteen
years; was born here lived In Washing.
ton county, Pa; know OF the Monday q
the murder. stay in little building
took there on wagon; I have three
teams working on the now road. Tho OH
day Of May l stayed about the houee. fixsr
my wagon, fed the horses, etc. Our timt
was twenty minuteu faster than steuben
vile time. Sam, my son, drove ono team
| was repairing wagon bed in the alter
yss{ ~ CuriintLed mn Eo,ir,b p,n.1 ---------
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-06-24
FAIR HAVEN.
Walter Russell Quite HlI-PeopIe Nov
ing to the Shore-PersoRal Items-In

| Walter Russell Quite HlI-PeopIe Nov
| ing to the Shore-PersoRal Items I'm
| General.
Old Mr. Weld, who has been the efficient
| janitor of the Woolsey school for a number
| of years, has been quite i'll for a long time
| past. At the last meeting of the board of
education the appointment of janitor for
this school was deferred until future meet
Ing. The job is worth over $500 year and
there are at present 80 applicants for the
position, and there will probably be score
or more additional applications before the
next meeting.
The customary washout occurred on the
roads on the east side yesterday. The side
walk on Grand avenue between Prospect and
Center streets is in bad shape.
Walter Russell, who was taken seriou sly i'll
quite suddenly ON Wednesday, was not inn
proved last night. Yesterday noon he was
again attacked with cramps and it was
thought that he would not recover. But he
rallied slightly towards evening. His illness,
it is thought, was induced by over-exertion
on Monument day, when Mr.. Russell turned
out with the Second company Governors
Horse Guard, to which he belongs
Chester Allen of Windsor Locks, who has
been spending several days in town, returned
to his home yesterday.
Rev. E. M. Jerome has been indisposed for
some days past.
Rev. Erastus Blakeslee of the Second
church has not yet announced his decision
regarding the recent invitation he received to
become the president of the university at At
lanta, Ga.
Miss Sadie Parker is spending few days
with friends at Stony Creek
Quite number of Fair Haven residents
have moved to their shore cottages and more
are thinking OF doing SO this week.
harlan Ross, who managed the Montowese
Hotel last summer, is now in charge of hotel
at Ansonia.
The work of paving Grand avenue between
the bridges goes on quite rapidly, Several
yokes of oxen have been used in blowing up
the roadway and the steam roller has been
kept busy.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-06-24
DID NOT SHOOT HIMSELF.

The italian Who Murdered His
Brother at Stratford Leaves Foot
prints In the Woods-He Had No
Money-His Description.
BRIDGEPORT, June 23-Frank Pallidonia,
an Italian working in the Preice quarry in
Fairfield, and who was shot Wednesday
evening by his brother on account of disa-
greement in money matters, died late the
same night, and his remains were taken to
the morgue in this city where an autopsy was
made this afternoon. He had been shot four
times. After doing the shooting Philip, his
brother, fled to the woods, and as three pistol
shots were fired after that it was supposed
that he had committed suicide A search
through the woods has f allied to bring him to
light. Footprints ere discovered which
indicated the fugitive had passed through
the woods. As the murderer had no money
he could not have gone far, and will not long
succeed in remaining uncaptured. Pallidonia
is described as good looking man, short
and thickset, with brown eyes, small brown
mustache with reddish tinge and hair of
the same color. He had heavy round rings
in his ears, and wore blue Jacket, dark
pants, and small felt hat with horseshoe
on one side.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-06-24
ROBBED I'm A SALOON.

An EmplOye of the Marlin Firearms
Company Says He Was Dragged and
Robbed In a Saloon in the Vicinity
of NewhallviIle.
A stranger in the city employed at the
Marlin Firearms company's and boarding at
Mrs. Meyers house at the corner of Olive
and Wooster streets was robbed of about SO
in saloon in the vicinity of Winchester's
shop yesterday afternoon. He entered the
saloon early in the day and bought glass of
beer. After drinking it he was taken with
sudden ft of drowsiness, and without paving
for the beer sat down in chair and fell
asleep. He did not wake up for some hours.
The bartender who had served him the beer
was not in the saloon A woman was behind
the bar and he asked her how much he owed.
She said his beer had been paid for He put
his hand into his pocket, but his $40 which
he had when he fell asleep had disappeared.
He was looking for Chief Bollman last night
to inform him of his loss The detectives
will be put on the case. The man who was
robbed says he is sure he was drugged.